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. MOUK IAIN MUSINGS. . ..."
The lordly mcrcbant in his hall, , -. ,
llecotmta his gain with pride j
His bales of spice, his gems of price,
And whnrfund warehouse wido.
lie foitsteth uyo on dainty fare,
lie quafls the blood-rod wine ;
And yet his lot I envy not.
Nor would I change for mine 1
With bosom light and spirit free
To wander whore I may,
Up to the hills, and couched on henth,
To view the hamlets spread beneath,
And blue lulies, fur away.
Oh, lowland marts, nnd marble domes,
Still craven vasRals gave ;
But never yet on nioiintnin top
Was born or dwelt a slave.
On mountain peak the prophet first
God's awful mandates bore j
On mountain peak the dove did rest,
That flew the Deluge o'er.
Then ye, whose hearts doth weary beat,
With care or sorrow riven,
Come, climb with me Slicve Calluu's brow j
Aud let your thoughts, like Titans, now .
Ascend from thence to heaven 1 '
The scholar huth a quiet look
Within his cloistered cell :
lie poureth o,cr some goodly book
Till peals the vesper bell.
13ut though his life unruffled flows,
Like gentle streams that glide
All smooth nnd still through level plains,
With sunshine on their tide,
That student pale I envy not
Such guise ill-suited mo
Oh, better 1'nr tho wave-tossed lake,
The piuu-crowned crng, the forest brake,
Aud stop o'er heather free 1
The trickling rill that cools your lips.
Sol't flowing thro' ni.. '''0 glen :
Or else tho spring that built" from rocks,
Like tears from rugged men:
Hath Cyprus wino such flavor sweet,
Or stoup of IdulvoisoT
Treacli'd ever nliliot, liko those hills,
So true a homilie?
Then iu their Bulibath solitude,
(jo, often meditate ;
And when their lesson right is read,
The valley slope then boldly treud,
A wiser man. in heart and" head,
To wrestle with your fate 1
Select Cale,
A WIFE'S DEVOTION.
BY UEOEUB B. RAYMOM.
The long and desperate struggle which had
for years been carried on between the Impe
rial Government of Brazil, nnd the revolted
soutnurn provinces', was drawing to a close ;
nnd 1, who for nearly live years had been al
most constantly ou the wing, or what amoun
ted to about the same thing, on horseback, in
the patriotic service, was on my wav to join
my littlo Braziliau wife to whom 1 "had been
united some five mouths previously, and from
whose side 1 had been snmmoned within three
hours after our marriage to lead my command
against a body of Don Pedro Soguudo's
LAKC'Einos, who were committing depredations
in tho neighborhood.
I had been severely wounded in the sido
and shoulder, and what with the exposure in
onr wild uncomfortable camp, tho entire lack
of proper medical and surgical skill, nnd the
slow fever which had for three weeks been
consuming me my iron constitution had
given way at lost, and I was as near dead as
a man could well bo, aud maintain his seat
in his saddle.
My homo, or rather that of my wife was
nn the banks of the beautiful Lrueuay, on
the extreme western limits of the Brazilian
Empire, nnd my way thither led across the
serried peaks and through the wild passes of
the Southern Brazilian Andes, ft region swar
ming with every species of wild bpusts. fierce
savages, murderous banditti who killed for
mere pastime, and bands of Imperial troops,
more savagn than brutes, Indians or robbers.
rieasant, very don't you think it was?
for an invalid scarce able to keep his seat in
the saddle, and accompanied by ouly two ne
gro slaves possessing but little more seuse or
roasou than the horses they guided.
Seven long tedious day went by. and I had
struggled on, thos far without coming in con
tact with wild beasts, savnses, robbers or Im
perial soldiers, to within fifte,en leagues of my
jonrney's end ; when my overtnsked energies
couia near me up no longer, and despatching
the most intelligent of my servants to apprise
my wife and her family or my situation, I lay
aown under the shelter of a shelving rocK in
one of the most rugged, desolate mountain
passes I had ever seen, with but slight hopes
of surviving till aid should arrive from my
friends on the Uruguay.
ii was pnar noon when th negro departed
on his mission, aud as I had promised him
freedom and ten nnnreg in gold if he reached
mV W i fu'o Iw.mH 1. I . . 1 . . i 1 ,
..v .. a iiuuii' iiiuv niiriii. 1 Knew ue wouiti
not lose a moment, and I might ei.peet relief
before nittht the next day, provided I lived
till that time ; which did not seem very pro.
bable, as within two hours I was half deliri
ous. The hot blood driven to the extremities
by the raging fever seemed like leaping liquid
currents of fire i while my very vitals ap-
r eared to scorch and crisp with the subtle
eat, and my whole frame was racked with
the most exquisite torture.
Twenty times during the afternoon. I had
sent the remaining slave to the stream which
wound alons; the bottom of the raviue, for
water to slake my burning tbirwt. ,.
The pun was perhaps an hour above the
horizon, when I was suddenly surrounded by
a band of some twenty ferocious-looking bri
gands, who were traversing the monntain pats
to the westward in pursuit of a train of mules
loaded with uerchandiie that had proceeded
them but the day previous. , . .
I bad nothing about me to tempt the rob.
bers cupidity. As thoy were rather partial
to the revolutionary party whose uniform I
wore, they pfl'erod me no violence, and one
of them even brought me a trourdof water:
for ray slave bad fld at the approach of the
brigands, and 1 never saw turn atlerwards.
But all my eutreatios. prayers, and prouij.
ecg. of reward were urihedo4. I could not
prevail 0.0 them' to assist me forward, uor
upon any one of. them to remain with me till
my friends should arrive. They were intent
ou'.y upon the capture and plunder of the
mules, and so tber departed, leaving me there
alone, sick and dying, iu that wild .desolate
mountain pass, .
My scanty supply of water was toon eg
haustd, and J was raying mad will) iutolvra
SUNI3URY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY; PA.-SATURDAY, HAY 5, 1855.
bla thirst. Ia my frenzy, I tora the bandages
from my half closed wounds, Iwat my head
against the rocky fragmonta that formed my
bed. and 0 1 how 1 prayed lor aeain. ,., -.
There I lay all that long, horrid night, till
it wag daylight Bgain and then I sank into
a, death like torpor, from wmcn i was arouseu
by a heavy weight pressing on my chest, and
niv firRt rrlnnrn as I opened mv eyes fell upon
the wall.remnmbered features of the most
deadlv enemy I had on earth Col. Martinus
Areola, or the Imperial army of Brafil.
"By the Cross I we are well met, Ssenor
Rayomondo," spoke the brutal rulTian, with
his booted heel crashing into my throat till
my eyes seemed bursting from their sockets,
and my black, swollen tongue protruded from
my mouth, and the wretch laughed m deri
sion or my terrible agony, as he continued ?
"We are well met, I say, Senor Kaymondo,
and I donbt not your heautiful bnuo ine
lady Ine of whom vou robbed me, will be
very grateful when I tell hor how faithful I
watched over you in your last moments.
Come, my men I this gallant oiucer must
needs be somewhat chilly j gather a good
snpplv of this dry brushwood, and we win
try what effect firor will have on tho disease
(lint Qnnm, in ha waitinc' him.
Firty bronze-mend ruffiaus sot about obey
ing their commander's ordor, and then after
five minutes had elupsed, and I was placed,
all helpless as I was, on a huge pile of dry
brnnches, I understood it all. Tho nirerual
fiend was about to burn mo there alive I .
. I would not ask my life of the demon, for
well I knew that it would be unavailing-
lint. O God T may I never again suffer such
mental torture as' I did while lying there sur
rounded by those devils in hnniitu shape, as
I thought of all the heart-agony that my wife
must suffer when tho revolting details of my
dreadful death should become known to her.
Once I turned my head towards tho west to
catch a glimpse at the setting sun, and tho
nest moment I was insensible.
It was not long that I remained thus ; for
I was aroused again by the quick ruttle of
pistol shots, the clash of steel, the wild buttle
shouts, and dying screams of strong men in
their last horrid death-agony.
All arouud mo I beheld a vision of gallant
mon, led on by a slight girlish figure in the
light blue frock, gold embroidered vest, and
plumed cup of the southern Gavcuas, who,
mounted upon a supuib horse, black us night,
sped here and there, shouting our battle-cry
''M.UERON LOS iMI'KIIIAl.IKTOS," ill which she
was joined by her hundred followers, who
hurled themselves upon tho doomed ruffians
in a whirlwind of gleaming steel.
The last wretch was slain, and the lovely
woman knelt be.Bide ine ; her arms were about
my neck, her warm kiss was upon my neck,
as she breathed iu a gentle tone the wortls :
"Mv Ulsba.nd!"
It was my vifo my own Angel Inex. She
had ridden on in advunco of more than four
hundred men, with only a hundred who could
keep pace with her, and I was saved.
A KUMsMIC GIRL.
The European correspondent of tho New
ark Sentinel, in speaking of the recent deuth
or Silvio Pellico, the Italian poet who suffer
ed ten years' imprisonment for the liberality
of his political opinions, relates tho following
bit of gossip, which we presume will be as
new to our renders as it certainly is to us :
"A young English girl of good family, on
reading his 'I.e mie Prigiime' became so in
lovo with the picture which her warm imagi
nation drew of Pellico, as to leave her homo
in search of him. fShe urrived at Turiu with
the full intention of laying herself and fortune
at his feet. Young enthusiasm stays not for
conventional rules. She sought at once the
house of the hospitublo Marquis Barolo.
where tbo poet found his home, aud was
ushered into his presence, her hpart beating
with the rapid pulse of loving expectation.
Boeing before her a little, shriveled, stooping
man of forty, with spectacles and bald bead,
she iuquired of him eagerly for Silvio at the
same time looking earnestly about in search
of the dark-haired, lunguishing-eyes Italian
poet, which her fancy painted him. 'Behold
the man,' said Pellico, nothing dauuted by
the lady's sad surprise. She fell into the
chair offered her, her bright dreams fulling to
nothing at ber feet, and tho sober actual sta
ring her in the fuce. Poor damsel 1 Klie
bud come for something that was evident
what had she come for t was uow the ques
tion. '
"Tho charitable soul of good Pellico
thought of anything but love save love for
all mankind, womankind ouly included iu tho
lump. 'She never told her love 1' L e.. she
did not toll it then, and why was she there ?
Something came trembling from her lips
ubout 'Le mie Priyione,' and Pellico then only
thought what he hud heard true, that English
maids were patterns of modesty. He did his
best, however his best was not tho least
awkward to raise th young lady's courage
to sneaking Ditch, and thuiiued her methodi
cally for her compliments on hU writings.
uo leu. to say uie least, iu a reacrice suiw
of miud and he trt. sought her lodgings, and
went to bed. Shu had no dreamt that night!
Tho next day Pellico, of course, returned the
call. In couversutiou, the very .oul she had
so sympathetically embodied iu fancy, seemed
i. 4 , I. . -
an at once to ueam out uoiu ins buumju ejus.
She saw the dried up case which euclosed it
no longer, and iu a fresh fit of enthusiasm de
clared her passion, offering tho hero of Spiel
berg a generous maiden s hand and ncai'l.
He regarded her pitifully a moment, nnd then
broke out iuto a discourse op love its nature,
its principle, its effects so eloquent, so con
vincing, that tue poor young muy saw tor me
first time the difference between love and
caprice, and Jen lor tne nrst, time tnui sue
loved Ann not her ideal hiivio uui sucu as
he could never love her 1 She returned to
England a wiser maiden than she came, and if
not more in love, more capable of loving
more worthy of love !"
rONDWESSOFA DOO FOB TT) KxPITF.MKNT
of Fiara. A recent notice ofthe London fire
organization, refera to an animal who has
become rained ia the annals ofthe Brigade.
"Chance" first made their acquaintance by
following the men of a station home from a
fire. ' Althoush several times recluimed by
his master he invariably escaped, aud return
ed to bis adopted friends, uutu lie was uuany
allowed to become -a part of the establish.
uenL i For many years be iuvariably aceoiu.
psniod the eugiue now apou the machine, now
under the horses,' legs, yt always, wbuu PP
Droachios? the oondagratMin. runniutr in ad
vance, and annouueiiig the welcome avaut of
the extiuguisher by Uie glad bark. At the
tire, he Amused himself by pulliug buruiug
logi of wood oat of toe flames with his mouth 1
Although he had his legs broken many times,
he renittinud faithful to his pursuit, until at
last, bavin? received a severer hurt . than
usual, he vaj being pursed by the. firemen at
the hearth, when a.-eaJl". caw, aud at the
welLltowusouud oi Iba engine turuiug out.
tho poor brute made Wet effort to cliuib
1 .i i i. a i . l. '
upua ii, auu mi vikb ucau iu aiiciupk.
):0 f M''i -
EDEN.- ,, ,
. ' by geralD MAB8KT.
There is not a rift in the blue sky now, ;
Where a million tempests tore it ;
There is not a furrow on ocean's brow,
Though a million years have passed o'er it.
And for all the storms and tho strifes that
have rolled
Down the ages grim and gory,
Earth weercth her pleasaut face, as of old,
And laughs in her morning glory.
And roan though he beareth the brand oi
sin, ... ,
And the flesh and the devil hath bound
him
Hath a spirit within to old Edin akin,
Uniy nature up cum arouuu mm.
0, the cloud may have fall'n on the human
face,
Aud its lordliest beauty blighted ;
For lovo hath gone out with a darkening
traco
Where the inward glory lighted.
Vet the old world of love liveth still iu her
heart, . -
As we've miinv n sweet, revealing,
And its rich fossil-jewels in tears will upstart
lth the warm Hood or uoiiea leciing.
Ay, man though ho beareth the btaud of
sin,
And thu flcali and tho devil hath bound
hiin '
Hath n spirit within to old Eden akin.
Only nature up f,den arouim nun.
0, the terrors, the tor '.res, the miseries
dark,
That have cursed us, aud crushed nnd can
kered 1
Yet nvo from the deluro humanity's ark
Hath on some serene Ararat auchored.
O' tho golden chains thet link heaven to
earth,
The rust of ull time caunot sever '.
Evil shall diu in its own dark hearth,
And the gook liaeth on forever.
And man though ho beareth the brand of
sin,
And the flesh and the devil hath bound
him
Hath a spirit within to old Eden akin,
Only nature up rjuen arouuu nun.
BOARDIXC1.
Dxn'l talk to me about keeping house,"
you will hear a young nnue say; "i win
board, and be free from care, trouble, nnd tho
annoyance of servauts," All very well ima
gined. Hut tho reality ot ooaroing is not al
ways so agreeable. Here is tho other side,
presented by a correspondent of tho Home
Journal. He suys :
"It is not living it is only staying to be
in a houseful of strangers pcoplowith whom
we have no foelinsrs in common if disagreea
ble to you, still compelled to meet them,
morning, noon and uiglit ; and, il agreeable,
to havo your time encroached upon, your room
entered at ull times, taking nil sense of priva
cy or retirement if in trouble or in joy, feel
compelled to hide all traces from the gaze or
stranger3. To lack the comforts of a home
to ent whatever others choose you should,
cooked as they plcusc whether sick or well
living under u system o( surveillance, nltnost
equal to that described by Bayard Taylor as
existing among the Japanese reeling only
free when your door is locked for tho night
to feel coiibtautly obliged to entertain compa
ny, and (worst of all) be entertained to be
waited upon by untidy, careless servauts
obliged to keep everything uu"nr lock and
key : theso are a few of the pleasures of
boarding out, which so many choose iu prefer
ence to a home.
A Georgia Mob. A young man from
Massachusetts went to Gaiuesborough, Geor
gia., and being asked if he was un abolitiouist,
answered that he was. He was advised to J
leave the town and he started for tho rail
road depot in order to do so, but a mob,
headed by the sheriff of the place, pursued
and camrut him, rode him ou n rail carried by
niggersilacked his face, and sold him at an
auction fur a nigger, and then took him to a
drinking house, and made the niggers hug
aud kibs him. They warned him that they
would kill him if he lifted a finger to resist,
and the sheriff though the victim did not re
sist, aimed a pistol at him, aud would have
shot him but for the Interference of lystunders
from another State.
No act whatever was alleged against tho
young man, and when bis ba.gago was
searched no abolition document was discov
ered except a single number of the New
Pork Tribune, a paper which is extensively
taken in every Southern State in the Union.
Under such circumstances, tho acts of the
mob were outrageous and infamous. If everv
Northern man, who dares to say in tho South
thnt he is a Freesoiler, is to be mobbed nnd
sold at auction, how shull presume. In reply
to a nuestion to avow himself in tho North
a Prosluvery man, will be prolmbly bo sub
jected to similar treatment 1 To be sure, tho
- .. ...iii i'i-
cases aro not exactly parallel, out wnen um a
roused spirit of retaliation ever stop to run
nice paiuJIolb ? Luiville Journal.
Case of tub Nkw Oki.kans Postmarks,
The removal and urrost of V. U. Kendall,
Postmaster of New Orleans, meets with
almost universal favor as the charge both
puhlic aud private, agaiust him has been of
tho most serious nature. "Ho is also oelieved
to Lave ased the facilities or his office in a
manner extremely detrimental and injurious
to those who were opposed to bun iu opin
ions and more especially in a businei-s way
be being part owuer iu one of our newspa
per establishments. '
It is ouly a few mouths siuce that tho
same charge on which ho has jutt been arres
ted (put loiuuig money from letters) was pic
tured aguiuat the oflicu ;- the blame, if any,
was laid upon bis clerks, who indignantly
resinned iu a body. lie. utterwarda wrulo a
letter apologizing for the insult. Now he is
arrested on a direct charge against uituscu. :
K. L. Adanw, a couimiasion merchant of
this city has received the appoiutment as
Kendall's weeessor, but it in reported thai ho
will uot accept. . . , ! '.. . ,
Power qf CocoA.i-Professor Johnstone,
in his "Chemistry of Common Life,' states,
that by the use of cocoa leaf, the. Peruvian
Indians undergo the most incredible labor.
He says, "With a feeble ratiou of dried maize
or barley crushed into flour, the Indian, if
duly supplied with cocoa, toils under heavy
burdens day after day, ap the steep slopes of
tbo mountain pauses, or digs, for years, ui the
subterranean mines, insensible to weariness,
to cold, and to hunger, lie buliovta, indeed,
that it qiay bo uisvdo HtubttituU) for food
altogether. ' , , . -
: " . THD TRUE WW.
Plm in no hue wife who sustains not her
husband in the day of calamity, who is not
when tho world's great frowu mukes the
heart chill with anguish, his guardian angel,
Browing brighter and more beautiful as mis-Fnrtuiir-i
crowd around his path. Then is
the time for testing whether the sweetness of
a ..i a. ' A 11. a
ber temper ueanis only w-un a irausiunt, ukui,
or liko the steady glory of tho morning star,
shinne as brichtlv tinder the clouds. Has
she then smiles just as charming ? Docs sho
say "Affliction cannot touch our purity, and
should not quench our love t Does she try
by happy littlo inventions to lift from his
sensitive spirit the burden of tho thought T
There are wives nay, there are beiugs
who, when the dark hours come, fall to rein
ning and upbruiding thus adding to outside
anxiety tho harrowing scenes of domestic
strife as if all the blame, in the world would
make one hair whito or black, or change the
decree gone lorth. Sucu know not that our
darkness is heaven's light ; our trials are but
steps in a golden ladder, by which, il we
ascend wo may at last gain that eternal light,
und bathe forever ia its fullness und beauty.
"Is that all I and the ccnllo face of the
wifo beamed with joy. Her husband had
been On tho veriro of distraction all his
earthly possessions were gone, and he feared
the result or her knowledge, she had been
so tenderlv cared for all her life ! But suvs
Irxin's beautiful story, "a friend advised him
to give not sleep to his eves nor slumber to
his ey lids until lit had unfolded to ber all
his hapless case."
Ami that was her answer, with the smile
ofanaugel Is that all I feared by your
sadness it was worse. Let thcBO beautiful
things bo taken all this splendor let it goj
I caro not for it 1 ouly caro for mv hus
band's love and confidence. You shall for
get in my affection that you were ever in
prosperity only still love me, and I will nid
you to bcur these little reverses with cheer
fulness. Still love her ! she a man must reverence,
ay, and liken her to the very angels, for such
a living v.oiiiuii is a living revelation or
Heaven.
Tnr. Law of N umehtca r, IJct.atio.v rtETwrux
the Skxes. Thu "Annual of Scientific Dis
covery" coul ains the following interesting
facts concerning tho numerical relation of the
sexes. It says :
"There is a natnral law of relations be
tweeu the sexes, which is found to vary at
different ages according to the differeut dan
gers to which they are exposed. This is one
or the most curious or natural laws, aud one
or the most interesting, demonstrating the
admirable economy of adaptations between
the suveral parts of the natural system. If
tho number of males and females born was
exactly equal, tho result wuuld be, that be
fore th'ey reached middle nge, tho female sex
would be reduced too low, and become inade
quate to the purpose which it has to till. In
fact, the number or females bovn is always
greater than the mules by about 4 per cent.
At 2(1 years of nge, this preponderance is
entirely lost, and there are more females than
males. At 40 years, tho balance is agitiu
tho other way, and there are more males than
females. At 70 the sexes ore about even,
and thu ultimate age of the human being is
reached without any decided advantage to
either sex. Both tho census of 1840 und
1850 prove the law. Beyond the ago of 40
years, tho probability of longevity is much
greater lor American womeu, than that or
men. Tho contrasts singularly with the
fact that the physique (relatively) of Ameri
can men. That fact, 03 has been shown,
however, tells tremendously, on women be
tween tho ages of 10 und 40, when their mor
tality is very great, the longevity or some
women is very extraordinary. Thoro are
uow 430 American women above one hundred
years of ago.
ADkafMax and his Doctor. A deaf
man is invited by one or his physiciuns to at
tend the peiformance of one of Spontini's
operas, it is pretty well known that the
orchestra oi this celebrated composer was
notorious for thunder und lightning crashes.
At the nrst act the doctor enquired of the
sick man. vo yon nearr ro ! Alter tho sec
otul act. Do you hear T No I But in the third
act the thuuderiugs of the orchestra were
terii'ic. Suddenly the deaf man cried out
I hear! I hear ! His words were drowned by
the noise or the mnsie ; but the doctor saw
the expression or Joy depicted on his counte
nance, aud asked turn, no you near I 1 be
dear made a sign in the affirmative. Bah 1
replied the doctor. How can that be when
the orchestra is not playing ! The patient
was completely cured Lut tne doctor had be.
coma as deaf us a post, L Echo du Paciic
Wiiks You Suul'lo Takb Yot-a Hat.
Young uicn, a word. We want to tell you
when you should take your hat and be ou.
And mind what we oner, it is when you are
asked oul to tune a drum.
Wbn you find out you are courting an ex
travagant or siuvtniy fciri.
Wheu you find yourself in doubtful com
panv.
When yon discover that your expenses ruu
ahead oi your income. -
Whun you are abusing the confidence or
your friends.
Wheu you think you are a great deal wiser
than older and more experienced people than
yourselr.
When vou feel like gptting trnsted for
new suit of clothes because you have no money
to pay for them.
Wri
nen you wait upon a lady just for the
fun of it.
When you are making a noise in a printing
omee.
When you don't do your duty.
( lkroykkn. Some people tallt a great
deal about ministers, and toe cost ol keeping
mem, paying tneir nousorent, tabic ixperises,
aim omer iten oi rai iry. ma sntr croaker:
ever think that it costs thirtv-five iiillions o
dollars to pu? the Salaries ot Amer can law
yew; that twelve millious of dollars are paid
uiiv uiiuiiniiT iu Keep uur ("nminuia, una lull
trillions oi UOHUI3 ulintiullT to Keep the dog:
,n the nudst-of us alive, while only six mil
lions of dollars are spent annually to keep six
uiousanu ministers iu tue united states.
1 hese are tacts,- and stutistics will show
them to he facts, , No oue Unug evert such
mighty iu duo uce iu keepiug this mighty Ke
publio from falling to pk-coa, as the Bible aud
its) milliliters). -. i ...,.,; .
'i .,,
A soldier, at JolTersou Barracks, by leave
of his commanding officer, got married. Ou
being ordered, with his company, to leave for
the frontiers, he. asked that Ills wifo accom
pany him This being refused, the soldier
asks that he be discharged from service, ia
order that he may bo able to support and pro
tect Ida wife; aa required by Uw. , The abe
ia before tbo Court, ami ia cuiistduteJ a novelty.-
- i ,- - . '.
INKING OF A BRITISH VESSEL II A
,.- . ... WHALE.
The London Shipping Gazette ofthe 2Cth
of March, publishes the following report of
Captain Jones, ofthe British schooner Wa
terloo, of Portmadoc, which wasj sunk in the
North Sea by a whale i
"The Waterloo sailod from - Lynn . for
Schiedam (with barley) on-the 19th inst.
At 10 A. M. of the 21st, Lowestoft bearing
W. by N., distant ubout 50 miles, wind E.,
strong gale, aud high seas, vessel under dou
ble reefed canvass, upon a wind ; on the port
tack, perceived a largo whale to windward
ruuuing down fur the vessol, partly out of
water, and swimming at a very rapid rate ;
and, when about ten yards from the ship's
side, dipped, and struck tho vessel under
water, abreast of tho foro rigging, on the
port side, with his head, with a fearful blow,
when the vessel was perceived to hocl and
crack, and after striking the vsr".d tho whale
plunged into tho deep iieadforniost and rose
bis tail on high, nearly touching the foreyard,
and then disappeared."
"The pumps were fixed and worked, but by
half-past 12 found she had five feet of water
iu the well, and setting down fast, wheu the
long bouts were cleared nnd lashings cut
away, and nearly floated off tho decks, when
all hands (six iu number) jumped into her,
without lood or water, and tho master, mate
mid two men, without jackets, and only one
oar and a ploce of another In tho boat, wit h
tho sea running very high. In about twenty
minutes alter abuudoiuug tho vessel she
capsized, nnd floutedJ'or about the same
space of time on her side, and then disap
peared, head foremost, at ubout half past
1 P. M. -
"At the timo Bho capsized there was a
French fishing Eoat about four miles wind
ward, and on perceiving her capsize, imme
diately bore up Tor tho sinking vessel.
The boat proved to bo No, 22, Captain
Joseph Leclong, of Calm's, which took all the
crew on board at about 2 P. M., whore they
were all most kindly treated, and landed ut
Calais, at midnight, where they were provided
for and furnished with jackets, by Bon-
hnm, Esq., II. B. M.'s Consul, "and sent to
London.
WHAT 11 A TON WtlOMT.
The Supreme Court of Peniuvlvauia re
cently d-.jided that according to the laws of
tho State, a ton weight consisted of 2,n00
lbs., and thnt a greater number of pouuds
could not bo legally exacted in purchasiug a
ton ol coal, notwithstanding the custom of
triving 2,240 iu one part of tho State, and
2.2fi8 in another. The United States Dis
trict Court at Philadelphia, on Monday,
however, decided in a tuit in adinirality that
tho legal weight of a ton of coal U 2.240 lbs.,
and that the coal dealers havo no more rbht
to give less than grocers would have to give
less than sixteen ounces to the pound. As
the constitution of the United States gives
to Congress the power to "fix ihe standard
of weights and measures," it is supposed that
the act of 1H4 passed by the Assembly m
I'eiinsylvama. must yield to tho highest au
thority, and all tho laws of the State piescri
bing the size or the yard measure, the cubic
contest or a bushel and era gallon are null
and void where they differ from the Lintod
itates standard. '
BjPONGIKU IT.
The last dodge wo have heard in evading
the State Liquor Law, occurred yesterday, at
one of our fashionable drinking saloons. An
individual walked up to the counter demanded
a dime bottle ot brandy. Now tho rule is to
char ire fifteeu ccuts, unless nn emptv bottle
is furnished in return for tho bottle is fur
nished in return for the bottle received ; and
as the consumer laid oulv a dime ou the coun
ter, the extra five cents was demanded.
"I don't want the bottle, said be, "draw
the cork."
The liquor can't be drank ou tho premises,"
replied tho bar-keeper.
"I ain't going to drink it on the premises,"
rejoined tho other, and the bar-keeper, sup
posing that ho had some vessel to pour it iu
to, drew the cork, when the gentleman quiet
ly pulled out a sponge from his pocket, and
poured the liquor into it ; then, taking his
scat, commenced leisurely suckiug it. ,
said be,, nodding complacently
to the astonished bar-keener, "I aiu't going
coutrury to the rule, ror tho law suys tne stuli
shan't be drunk on the premises."
The bystunders came to the conclusion that
tho stranger would make an appropriate Gov
ernor for Illinois, being decidedly the greatest
sucker of them all. Cin. Inq.
Two-Tinr.DS of A M a-Vt Iu Smith's Feder
al Culeul.Uor an amusing anecdote is given,
to the following purport : A first rate class
was nndergoing a eloso examination in mental
arithmetic, and in reply to a question con
cerning tho number of men required to per
form a certain piece or work iu a specified
time, the class responded, ' Twelve mon and
two-thirds." But one bright fellow, moro
discerning than the others, instantly nailed.
"Twelve meu and a boy fourteen yeuis olds"
fourteen being two-thirus of twonty-oi;o, the
legal ngo of manhood !
Anotueii Artesian Well Exhai steo.
On the 14th iuot., the Artesian well in
Sehna, Ala., which had reached a depth of
440 feet,, and was delivering nearly hOO gal
lons of water per iniiiuto, suddenly sank some
15 or 20 feet below the tuil'i ce, ror an ejtc-ut
or ubout 31.0 yards in length, and ora vai ,-ing
wii'th. The most ex'rioriMnary consetjt Mice
of this phenomenon is, that ull the well iu
the viiiuity have become dry.
A Virginia Diamont. A rough diamond,
picked up near Maut hcf t-v, u., a small
towu opposite llichuioiul, has bteu received
in New York. The stone is ubout the she
or a hazel nut, and weighs Pvrty-tbree knrats.
It has a flaw iu the ceutra, but it i otherwise
quite . promising. Tho li.ebmoud jewxlleri
eslimato its value iu four thousand dollars,
nnd claim that it U the larsost diamond ever
found in North America.
Heaoi-ty Bkwardkd. A little rTrumtnor-
boy ia tlm-Brit fell army, who wus iu the
thickest of ha tight at iukeruianu, combat
ting tho foe, aud, as a ryUxaliou, currying
water to tho wouuded, hss been presented by
Prince Albert with 5.' Napoleon would
have takeu such a lad and cultivated his
oldier-like qualities, till h mado a Mumhal
of hiiu, France has skillful and daring Gen
erals England has only brave soldiers.
Oi. Fu.ovr' C'ou-kck. The Graud
Lctre of Odd Fellows of Virginia has adop
ted the Martha Washington Fomalo College,
at- Abingdon, and will Uke'raeaiure io
iukura iv ooaipieuoo. -
to make such arrangements as will
lusme to
lt. tmlirrent rianchters ef every
rleceapfcd
OdJ Polio thtt berrtn ofas'l i-Jisesf.cn.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 15. NO; 32.
Painful and Romantic Affair. Some
three years ago, a German left his w ife, aud
child iu South Natick, Mas?., and wtut to
the West to seek employment. Not hearing,
anything of or from him, the wife coucludod
he was dead, and about two months sine
married another German, with whom she
lived happily until last week, when thu first
husband came on from S,t. Louis, Mo., where
he bad lived in the interim, to take her and
his child to his new home. After much grief
and perplexity, she concluded to go to St.
Louis with the first husband, leaving the
second one nearly distracted with grief.
A fair correspondent asks Diogenes, wheth--er
bejthinks an action for breach of promise),
of murriago would lie against tho writer of
tho following verse :
"Angel ! benmth whole folded wine;
My anal would rest,
Be mine : for lo! I've bought the ring,
And all the rest
Of those house treasures and tlceters!,
Which every one who ti ies his state lo better has.1'
Diognes doubts the success or an action for
breach of promise or marriage, but a mor
glaring case of "breach of promise of poetry'
he doclares never cmno under his observa
tion. Money Stolen Jit Bats. CoL Amory.whQ
keeps nn eating-house opposite our office,- in
Congress street, having recently missed sums
of money from bis till, was surprised vest or-,
day in discovering that some rats had been
using bank bills as tho lining or their ncsta
under tho counter. Fragments of bjlls, suf,
ficient to ascertain tb at at least $15 had been
abstrueled and converted by the rut to their
own use, were found. Boston Transcript.
Cape May, April 19. .
A party of twelve gentlemen engaged in
fishing up tho bay, reported having seen tha
Sea Serpent yesterday. They describe it a
being from 80 to 100 font long, with a head
or larire dimensions, similar in shape to that
of a snake, with two large tusks protruding
from tho upper part or tho snout. A reward
or 1000 is offered for his capture, and a
party is going iu pursuit of his snakeship.
Novel but Good Reason for Decmxiko a
Challenge. The New York 'Junes states
that cn Tuesdav a flare upocenrred in Brook-,
lvn, which resulted iu Col, Jack, a lawyer
challenging a professional brother, named
Schoonmnkor, nnd that the latter declined
accepting tho invitation, "unless the Colonel
would fatten himself sufficiently to be a mark
to shoot it." Col. J. has not yet indicated,
his intention to accede to the request.
'T enmo Tor the saw, sir.'
'What saucer?'
'Why the saw, sir, that ye borrowed.'
'I borrowed no saucer.' '
'Sure you did, sir, you borrowed a saw,'
ir.' -'Get
out, you rascul, 1 never saw your sau
cer.
Bo dad, but you did, sir, there's tho saw,
sir, now, sir.
'Oh ! vou want tho saw.
Why didu't you
New England Rcm at tuH Crimea.
New Engine J Rum is selling at Constanti
nople at 80 ceuts a gallon. The demand is
ror the French army. Quito an' impetus has
been giveu to the distillers by the general
failure of the grapo and by the wnr. Tho
quality is doubtless somewhat improved by
the voyage j but wo should thiiik it was a
pretty hard liquor to fight on, Providence
Journal.
"Notes on ths falling dew of eve,
Aie pleasant sound! id poeti' song :
But notes ox iyk or tallixo dc,
To those to whom the cash belongs,
(And who not getting it, will suej
Ass like Uie uoue of harshest gongs :"
Vffearances often Deckitftu An old
man entered the office of the Erie Railroad,
in New York city, looking so poor that the
clerks took him for a beggar, and ordered
hiinont. But he finally found hia way to.
tho cashier, and received ten thousand dol
lars on income bonds, whi'.U the clerka had
supposed to be begging certificates.'
A FertiSknt Qiert. Tho Ogdensburg
(N Y.) Republican says: 'An inquisitive)
, olKnw. on readinir thu very lucid
i interpretation of the
::icu " i -i -.., . .'.
iteciprociiy Arcaiy uy
4ViA WatMii iPV ilf the Treasury, wants to know
if brandy would pass under the head of -horns,'
and thereby escape duty ?"
Indefatigable Minister. When the
Rev Rowland Hill had reached his eighty
third year, and had been in tho ministry sixty
lour years, as a genera! thing be preached
seven times a week, besides having much or
his timo occupied with pu'ilic, cugagementF.
n, PiTi:r,i ir; Mission aries. The Buf
falo Y.) Commercial state thtt three
Franciscan Friara aro about iocaiiiiS .
selveB in Buffalo, as iiiissionarios lor tue
southern part of Bishop Timous Diocese.
Wkai.thv Females. There are 227 f.'-
males w ho pay a tax ou get Ut) ami upu
in
Boston, Muss., Mi, u. . "
At,.tl mi the m
rouud tlial 11 was wimvu
without repreteiUutiou, pays $308 10.
Port i.AK SavEREinsTYt The totul num
ber of votes castm about Imli tne tonus
Kansas, was about 4000. Tee lotw i uigUor
of voters iu the " hole territory, according to
tho last census, wa only ubout 3000.
They havo fancy names for newspaper out
in Keokuk. The three vapors publub-M
there ure called respectively " the t,atel 1
tv," -Tho Mornimr tib.ry." and "The Keo
kuk it-UIul-Tllce.,, Intaginate people.
' . 1 ..
T..R Water Ci Rr.-Chl.opncr .mu.im,.
went to Cu'imi. (111.) the 'h'T
drunk, and Ml into a well. He
1. ..... .-. ...., r,.ii li.nir befoie ue
day, got
remained
vuP dis-
covered and Liken out.
AHttrrnvTics.-D.-. Churlo. "f
wrlttH.i u volume orso.ad huud.eda . W
to explain the path, ol dru nUuu
We cimld define it i l ajluLlts. U
TJ. ; " '
It is a liw which God himself has made,
thu L a ow which is shot from the prose
cut or' Low. shall rebound and pierce the per-
seeutor's heart.
The VI Jet F'rVflXTvilTds
with ita own tears, and of all flowers yields
uie most delicious and fragrant "Hiell. Smk
is humility. ' ! ': " "- ', .
"ItV a very .sokwu thiug to get married,
wad auat Bethany. i,.mn not
"Yea. bat it's a 1
great ueiu v
to," aaid ber uivce.
.. . . .....1, a mi now outnei
1 their
jt is aitia msi " - - ,vtr
way to Kansas, enriag, J1'
will, after a month's exposes 1 to t ro
gioa, ba inolined to "dig for the East
SaUT Jo-vxa'aaya when tlK W l' J''
'alia fVU S if she fou tucntd. wtn '
,ffcs.vfv..t ,
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